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Sarah Winchell Lenhoff
College of Education
Associate professor of educational leadership and policy studies and the Leonard Kaplan Endowed Professor Sarah Winchell Lenhoff, Ph.D., was awarded the 2025 Skillman Visionary Award. She was recognized for her work as the founding faculty director of the Detroit Partnership for Education Equity & Research (Detroit PEER), a research-practice partnership with Detroit schools and community-based organization working to equitably improve student attendance and engagement.
“To truly address educational inequality, it is crucial to examine the combination of underlying systemic issues that contribute to the problem.”
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Wayne State University celebrates the Class of 2025
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Wayne State University celebrates the Class of 2025
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Fuel innovation
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Empower health
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Public Health
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